update manager quits half way

[donaldt]

My update manager will not complete an update. Even just one or two items. It stops 1/2 way and locks up the computer.

If I go to terminal before I use update manager and launch:

[sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade]

Then launch update manager, it works fine and completes the update.

What do I need to do to clean this up so it will work without the terminal upgrade???

Thanks!

Donaldt

[darkod]

dist-upgrade is to upgrade to a newer release, not to update the current one.

To update in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Does that help or at least shows you with which packages it has a problem?

[nariub]

apt-get update
checks the repos

apt-get upgrade
installs the updates it found in the previous step
minus the kernels.

apt-get dist-upgrade
installs any updates -and- kernels it found

update-manager -d
or
do-release-upgrade -d
this will upgrade you from one version to another..

[critin]

My update manager will not complete an update. Even just one or two items. It stops 1/2 way and locks up the computer.

If I go to terminal before I use update manager and launch:

[sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade]

Then launch update manager, it works fine and completes the update.

What do I need to do to clean this up so it will work without the terminal upgrade???

Thanks!

Donaldt

The terminal is quicker. I used to dread it but find the advisors were correct, it's easier. I use this for standard updates.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

It's only one line, one entry.

The update manager may need an update. Does it give an error?

[donaldt]

OK. I just did your one line update via the terminal. It is exactly what I have been doing to get update manager to work, as noted in my message.

But I still have the red icon that says ten important security updates are available via update manager. Update manager will work now and complete all the updates. So, I just tried it, and sure enough, it worked fine and now there are no more updates.

The next batch of updates I get will require the same process. If I launch update manager and don't do the terminal update first, it will once again hang half way through the process.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and upgraded about 4 months ago. Any insight anyone can provide will be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

donaldt